Backing up iPad - 'Backup cannot be stored on this computer'

Hi all
Decided today to upgrade to iOS 4 on my iPad, running Snow Lepoard and latest version of iTunes. When I try to update it, after a few minutes, it says that the backup cannot be saved to this computer, so I cannot update it. I read that a solution to this is to delete the backup from iTunes Device Preferences.. and I have done this, but I got the same problem again. When I went back into iTunes Device Preferences, the backup is still there... i've tried deleting it many times and it just won't work
Any help either deleting the backup of preferably helping to get my iPad updated is greatly appreciated

With iTunes closed trying deleting (I would move vise delete) the backup using finder. You can find the location of the file in the following under About Syncing and Backups.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4079
I would also try repairing permissions via the Disk Utility.

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